Improved carriage for sugar-molds



HAVEMEYER 8; SCH NITZPAN.

Sugar Mold v Carriage.

Patented March 18. 1862.

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'1. A. HAVEMEYER AND HENRY SOI-INITZSPAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVED CARRIAGE FOR SUGAR-MOLDSr Fpocillcation forming part of Letters Patent No. 34,686, dated March 18, 1862.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, T. A. HAVEMEYER and HENRY Scnnlrzsrlln, both of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Sugar-Mold Carriage; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side sectional view of our invention, taken in the line w 00, Fig. 2; Fig. 2,

a horizontal section of the same, taken in th line 3 Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the'two figures.

, This invention relates to an improved car riage for conveying sugar-molds from the coolers in the refinery to the apartment in which they are placed to admit of the draining operation being gone through with.

The object of the invention is to obtain a carriage for the purpose specified,which will admit of being adjusted to suit molds of different sizes, and also be capable of being moved about with greater facility than those previously constructed. 0

The invention consists in supporting or retaining the upper parts of the molds by means of two adjustable horizontal plates attached to the carriage and arranged substantially as hereinafter described, and also in using, in connection with said adjustable plates, a fixed frame or plate provided with inverted conical recesses to receive the tips of the molds.

The invention further consists in a novel arrangement of a caster-wheel which supports the front part of the'carriagaall being so constructed and arranged as to effect the desired end.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct our invention, we will proceed to describe it.

A represents a horizontal frame or plate, which may be of any desired size, and which is mounted on three wheels, BBC. Thewheels B B support the back part of the frame A, and they may turn loosely on a fixed axle, D, or be rigidly attached to their axle and the latter allowed to turn. The wheel 0 supports the front part of the frame A, and is what is commonly termed a caster -wheel. This wheel 0 has its axle a fitted, as usual, in a fork, b, at the lower end of a vertical arbor, c.

The arbor c is fitted looselyin avertical post, E, the lower end of which is permanently attached to the front end of the frame A, the upper end of arbor 0 bearing against the upper ter-wheel being used, the upper part of the caster-wheel fitting in the recess a and the lat ter being made sufficiently wide to admit of said wheel turning in it. The draft-pole is attached to the fork b of the arbor c, or to the axle a of the wheel 0.

To the back part of the frame A there is attached, in a central line with the post E, a post, F. The two posts E F are of equal height, and they support two plates, G H, whichare placed one over the other and are parallel with the frame A. The plates G H are provided, respectively, at each side with curved arms f f, of semicircular form, the arms f of the upper plate, G, having a reverse position to the arms f of the lower plate, H, as shown clearly in Fig. 2. The lower plate, H, has two oblong slots, 9 9, made longitudinally in it, one near each end in a central line, and the upper ends of the posts have vertical rods h h fitted and secured in them,which rods pass through slots g g, the plate H resting on the tops of the posts E F. The plate G has similar slots, i i, made in it, through Whichrods h h pass, and the latterhaveserewthreads cut on them to receive nuts j j. By this arrangement it will be seen that the two plates G H- are allowed a certain'degree of adjustment longitudinally corresponding to the length of the slots 9 g i z, less the thickness of the rods h Zr, which pass through them; and it will also be seen that said plates may be secured at any desired point within the scope or length of their movement by screwing down the nuts j j 011 the plate G.

The frameAis provided With a series of recesses, k, which are of inverted conical form, corresponding to that of the tipsl of the molds I, as shown in Fig. 1.

The molds I are of the usual form, and they are made of different sizes, so as to form sugarloaves of the different sizes and weights required. The molds I are fitted in the carriage as follows The orifices of the tips of the molds are fitted or stopped with plugs, (shown in red, Fig. 1,) and the tipsZ of the molds are fitted in the recesses k of the frame A, and the upper parts of the molds are placed between the arms ff of the plates G H, and the latter are then adjusted or moved longitudinally, so that the arms f f will snugly grasp the upper part of the molds, forming nearly a circle around each mold, the plates being then firmly secured in position by screwing down the nuts jj. (See Fig. 2.) Thus it will beseen that molds of different sizes may be firmly secured in the carriage by simply adjusting the plates G H; There will be no shaking of the molds, whatevertheir dimensions may be, and they may be secured in the carriage and released therefrom with the greatest facility.

, By having the front end or part of the frame A bent or curved so as to form the recess 0, as previously described, a large sized casterwheel, 0, is obtained, and allowed to be placed underneath the frame A, so that its arbor 0- may be fitted in the post E without having the frame A unduly elevated, and by having the arbor c of said "wheel fitted in the hollow post E the former does not monopolize any room, and the caster-wheel is allowed to turn freely, as it can be kept well lubricated and free from dust, A large caster-wheel does not allow herein set forth.

2. In, combination with the adjustable plates 'G H, the frame A, providedwith recesses 7c,to

receive the tips Z of the molds, as specified.

3. Providing the frame A with a recess, a, at its front part or end, as shown, when said recessis used in connection with a hollow post, E, to receive the arbor c of the caster-wheelG,

andsaidpost is attached to frame A, to support the front ends'of the plates G H, as set forth.

4'. The combination, construction, and-a1'- rangement of the parts herein shown and described, to operate 'as and for the purpose specified.

THEO. ALHAVEMEYER. HENRY SGHNITZSPAN.

Witnesses:

JAMES LAIRD, EDWARD WV. HODGSON. 

